Murder of Nicholas Churton

[4] He alleged that a person called Jordan had threatened him with a hammer and stolen a set of keys after he had let him into his home to use the toilet.

[5] On 30 November 2017, Jordan Davidson pleaded guilty of the murder of Nicholas Churton and twelve other offences at Mold Crown Court.

[4] On 6 December 2017, the IPCC reported that four police officers and one civilian staff member were being investigated for criminal offences due to the incidents.

[7] The focus of that investigation was the management of Jordan Davidson between his release from Parc prison in December 2016 on licence and the murder in March 2017.

[8] The police officers that spoke to him had recorded the complaint as theft, rather than robbery, and that had influenced the threat and risk assessment of the incident.

[3] It called for North Wales Police, the National Probation Service, and Community Rehabilitation Company to improve their procedures for sharing information.

[3] The IPCC investigation found that Jordan Davidson was dealt with by North Wales police on eight occasions between his release from Parc prison and the murder of Nicholas Churton.

[3] The reason was that at the time Jordan Davidson was released from Parc prison, he had not committed any sexual or violent offences.

[3] On 11 April 2019, Ian Lucas, Member of Parliament for Wrexham, secured an adjournment debate in the House of Commons about the murder of Nicolas Churton.

However, Rory Stewart, the Minister of Justice had already provided Ian Lucas reassurance that any issues about the case had been addressed and there was no need for an inquiry into it.

[11] The IPCC completed a separate investigation into the complaints made by Ian Lucas, the Member of Parliament for Wrexham, that he was misled by Mark Polin, the Chief Constable of North Wales Police.

[3] In November 2019, Ian Lucas stated that he disagreed with the IPCC findings, and consequently, Arfon Jones, the North Wales Police Crime Commissioner, said he was "pursuing a personal vendetta against the former chief constable and impugning his integrity with such distasteful relish".